Press Box: Robinson reportedly will be named Sharks' assistant

New Jersey Devils assistant coach Larry Robinson will be named an associate coach with the San Jose Sharks on Monday, the Montreal Gazette reported Sunday.

Robinson would be the second assistant coach to leave New Jersey in less than two weeks. Adam Oates was named coach of the Washington Capitals on June 26.

Robinson, 61, has had four stints with the Devils as either head coach or assistant coach since 1999.

He was also head coach of the Los Angeles Kings from 1995 to 1999.

Robinson was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a player.

---Nicklas Lidstrom, who retired in May after playing all 20 of his NHL seasons with Detroit, will remain with the Red Wings organization as a scout, NHL.com reported Sunday.

Lidstrom's exact duties have not been determined, but he likely will work in Europe.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

---Former Oklahoma State running back Hershel Sims has decided to transfer to Lamar University, he announced Saturday night on his Facebook page.

Lamar is a Football Championship Subdivision team, meaning Simms does not have to sit out a year by transferring to the Beaumont, Texas, school.

Sims was dismissed for violating team rules, coach Mike Gundy said June 1. A freshman last season, Sims rushed 31 times for 242 yards.

--- Linebacker Storm Klein, who pled not guilty to misdemeanor charges of domestic violence and assault in an Ohio court Saturday morning, was dismissed from the Ohio State football team that night, the school announced.

Klein started 10 games last year and was expected to compete for the starting job at middle linebacker this season. His participation in spring drills was limited by minor injuries.

CYCLING

---Thibaut Pinot became the first Frenchman this year to win a stage of the Tour de France on Sunday. Bradley Wiggins of Britain kept the overall lead.

Pinot, 22, won the 98-mile, eighth stage from Belfort to the Swiss town of Porrentruy.